Ticks in the landscape: Fragmentation impacts density of Europe’s principal tick-borne disease vector, Ixodes ricinus, across Germany
Open Access
- 3 March 2026
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
- Vol. 17 (2) , 102621
Abstract
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Funding Information
- Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover
- Pfizer
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